From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai
All Saints Last Sunday
POTLUCK THIS SUNDAY
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Dear Friends,
This week we will celebrate All Saints Day – the patronal festival of our church. We are called All Saints because all are welcome to be a part of us, and we include Buddhists and Muslims, as well as Christians, among our regular congregation.
This week we will see two adults baptised as they publicly declare their desire to follow the way of Jesus! Both of them are Thai, and we will have our first Thai language service this Christmas!
All are welcome at All Saints – young and old, foreign and Thai, Christian and Muslim, Buddhist, and Atheist, gay and straight, trans and cis! All are welcome to come and share the love of Jesus and the message of God’s love for all!
Some of our YCF choir will be with us this Sunday and after our celebratory service we will go to the vicarage to share a potluck lunch at the vicarage. All are Welcome!
The readings for this Sunday will be from Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, and Matthew 5:1-12, and we will be singing the hymns For All the Saints, Bless the Lord Oh my Soul, Father, we love You, Sing with all the saints in glory, and O when the saints go marching in! Our choir will be singing Still.
Use this link to join on Zoom this Sunday at 10:30 am
Meeting ID: 548 801 501
Last Week’s Sermon
Last week’s sermon, “Write Nobody Off!”, is available here!
All Saints Day Celebration
Easter Sunday Baptisms
This Sunday, 5th November, we will be celebrating All Saints Day. This will be a great day of celebration as we welcome our organist, Kaew, and church member, Kat, to be baptised! We will also be joined by our choir from the Youth Charity Foundation.
Morning worship will be followed by a potluck at the vicarage. All are welcome!
Vicarage Potluck time
Student Vacation Service
Many of the Maejo University students who attend All Saints will be away for the next few weeks as they have their midterm holidays. At All Saints we had a special service on Tuesday morning, to mark the end of their first semester and the completion of exams.
It was mostly in Thai and provided a foretaste of our Thai Christmas service which will be held on Saturday 23rd December.
Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday
On Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November we will remember victims of war and together declare “never again!”
On Saturday 11th, I will lead the Remembrance Day Observance at the Foreign Cemetery. Please assemble at 10:30 a.m. Directions to the Foreign Cemetery can be found here!
Then on Remembrance Sunday, we will gather at All Saints at 10:30 a.m. to remember victims of war and armed conflict around the world. The service will include two minutes silence at 11 a.m. and hymns will include The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended, and Abide with Me.
At the Foreign Cemetery
Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil and Service
We hope this vigil will take place at Tha Phae Gate on the evening of Saturday 18th November. More details to follow! The following morning, Sunday 19th November, we will mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance in our morning worship at All Saints!
Advanced Notice – Festival of Christmas Carols!
This is our wonderful annual Christmas event. Carol singing is led by the Lannacapella Choir and the All Saints Choristers, who will also perform their own pieces of Christmas music. Readings will be given by various Consuls and other local dignitaries.
Events for your Diary
November 5th – Next Sunday
All Saints Day Celebration and Potluck
November 11th
Remembrance Day at the Foreign Cemetery
November 12th
Remembrance Sunday
November 18th
Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil
November 19th
Transgender Day of Remembrance Service
December 3rd
Advent Sunday
December 9th
Festival of Christmas Carols
December 23rd
Christmas Worship in Thai
December 24th
Midnight Mass
December 25th
Christmas Morning Eucharist
Chili Night continues!
Chili Night continues at the usual time of 6 p.m. Come and join us at the vicarage on Tuesday as we share chili followed by ice cream!
Weekly Offering to All Saints
You can still donate in person or online. Thank you for your support and love for All Saints and all we are trying to do together. God has shown that he is mighty and we are in his hands!
God bless,
Father Iain
All Saints' Chiang Mai 